Harvard earns enough money from interest on its endowment that it could offer free tuition to every student and still profit.
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The U.S. has 115,000 janitors, 83,000 bartenders, 323,000 restaurant servers, and 80,000 heavy-duty truck drivers with bachelor’s degrees.
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There is a county in California called Yolo.
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According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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According to a study by the National Science Foundation, only half of Americans believe in evolution, and one in 4 don't know that the Earth orbits the Sun.
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The Internal Revenue Service audits 87 percent of women who claim breast implants as tax deductions.
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Ice cream cones were popularized in America during the 1904 World’s Fair in Saint Louis when an ice cream vendor ran out of cups and asked a nearby waffle vendor to roll up his waffles to hold the ice cream.
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